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Recent years have seen growing international debate about the ethics of conducting medical research in the developing world, with concern that research participants have been exploited in the past.
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Opinions and Analysis
Need to strengthen ethics committees
Ethics committees overseeing clinical trials in poor countries need reforming to protect participants, argue J. Karbwang and F. Crawley.
China taking the right steps in bioethics
China's new bioethics regulations will protect human subjects while allowing biomedicine and biotechnologies to develop, argues Qiu Renzong.
Beyond ethics: biomed research and the poor
13 April 2007
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Affordable pandemic influenza vaccines for all
19 February 2007
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Source: The Lancet
News and Features
South Asia News in brief: 1–15 March 2008
A round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.
20 March 2008
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HIV prevention trials 'hindered by obstacles'
Trials of HIV prevention strategies in developing countries face multiple obstacles including political pressures, say scientists.
Scientists aid arrest of fake drug producers
22 February 2008
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South African HIV trial gets long-awaited go ahead
9 August 2007
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